4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4
Pours hazy amber with a fading head.Nose shows soft mango, doughy yeasty notes, apple cider, bread/pizza dough.Flavours include biscuity malt, soft spicy hops, a fair bit of bitterness and some cardboard-like notes.
Tried
on 28 Mar 2018
at 11:59
7.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Murky amber. Some chunks. Head fizzes away rapidly. Aroma of grapes (some sour ones too), spirits (whisky? grappa?), dried fruit, odd woody spices. And that's pretty much how it tastes: Sweet dried fruit, a sour edge, booze, oak, spices. There's certainly a warming kick at the end. Doesn't say what the barrels are - a mix of red wine and spirits, I'd guess. Looks pretty ordinary (I put this is a Duvel glass which produces a continuous fountain of chunks) but works rather well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Feb 2018
at 13:45
5.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can. Hazy straw with a white head that flashes away in seconds. Aroma of sourdough, gooseberries - a bit like an uncooked flan. Not very slippery, low carbonation. Nice hints of fruit and funk but pretty light on. Slightly astringent at the end. Refreshing.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Feb 2018
at 11:46
5.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Pours yellow with a rapidly dissipating head.Nose shows vanilla, custard, faint lemon.Flavours include soft gooseberry, faint acidity, more vanilla, some doughy wheat,Feels very watery, quite undercarbonated too.
Tried
on 11 Feb 2018
at 05:43
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can. Pale gold with a white head that's a wisp after a minute or two. Aroma of mandarins, orange peel, mango, crackers. Very light bodied. It is orangey but drier than expected with the bitterness seeming surprisingly strong. Not much evidence of malt. The tropical notes are a nice foil to the citrus. Initially added fruit seems to be providing much of the citrus but after a while the hops seem to take over. Refreshing on a hot night.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Feb 2018
at 11:40
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Brown with a light beige head that threatens to fizz away whilst pouring but then forms a dense cap that lasts indefinitely. Aroma is malty and earthy with a mixture of sticky bred crusts, toffee and honey. Light creamy texture. Taste is mainly run by floral honey with the beer element left a bit behind. The earthiness is joined by a woody spice note and is more easily identifiable as wattleseed. The finish is pretty dry but I would have liked a little more bitterness. Still, very involving for 4%.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Sep 2017
at 08:28
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle, slight gusher. Hazy gold with a large white head. Aroma of crackers, stone fruit, old citrus, light spices. Funky Brett. Dryish with under-ripe nectarines and sourish citrus. Neither as dry nor spicy at the end as expected, but citrus (old lime) flavours linger. Alive, deeply refreshing and right up my street. 8374 15
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jun 2017
at 08:35
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle shared at Cotteridge convention 05/03/2016. Many thanks to Mr Pink. . A murky orange coloured pour with a halo of white. Aroma is frothy lemon, berry, mixed citrus fruits. Flavour is composed of grainy, case malts, pithy lemon, tangy finish. Palate is pithy, grainy, highish carbonation. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jun 2017
at 15:32
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Gold getting towards amber with a white head that lasts OK. Aroma of biscuit, spiced oranges. Moderately sweet with biscuity malt that’s rich but not heavy. Oranges get lost but there’s a little punch of peppery spices at the modestly bitter end. Fair enough.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Feb 2017
at 05:29
6.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Hazy yellow, no head. Confronting herbal aroma - previous Red Duck gruit beers’ aromas have suggested sour, this one says bitter. But underneath there is straightforward, maybe slightly honeyed pale malt. Lightish bodied (ie a fair bit of body for 3.7%), very low carbonation. Much less confronting to drink than smell: there’s a pleasant balance of simple pale malty sweetness, mild sourness and herbal bitterness. Lemon, woody spices, peppery berries. Sage is perhaps the most prominent of the listed ingredients.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Nov 2016
at 06:29